Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

If Takagi's actions were discovered by Shiraizumi Masu, he would definitely be in trouble.

Shiratori said, "He's just a police inspector. There's nothing to be afraid of. Just be careful."

Gao Mu suddenly shouted: "Inspector Bai has come out too."

"What, what should we do?" Takagi Wataru looked at Shiratori in panic.

"Hurry up and go ahead. What are you still standing there for!" Shiratori gave orders to the not-so-smart Takagi Shigeru, making 0.2 Takagi Shigeru the cannon fodder.

Takagi Shigeru weighed the pros and cons, unable to part with his beloved Sato Miwako, so he went ahead with it!

"S-Sato-senpai!"

Takagi Wataru's heart was pounding:

"Takagi, what's going on?" Miwako Sato was confused.

"I, I..." Takagi Shigeru hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say.

"Then let's go together." Bai Quanyi, who was walking over, suddenly said.

"We?" Takagi Shigeru was slightly stunned.

"Yes, let's go to the scene." Sato Miwako looked at Takagi Wataru in confusion. Takagi Wataru was always in a daze, which made Sato Miwako very worried, fearing that he would do something bad.

"Yes, yes... let's go to the scene."

Takagi Wataru quickly packed up his equipment and rushed to the scene with Sato Miwako and Shiraizumi Masushi.

At the same time, he also silently accepted the mission given by Shiratori to rescue the beautiful policewoman Sato Miwako from Shiraizumi Masu.

152. Takagi's Fantasy

Miwako Sato was driving the police car, Masushi Shiraizumi was sitting in the passenger seat, and Takagi was sitting in the back seat.

Takagi listened carefully to the conversation between the two, looking for clues to the truth.

"I'm afraid I'll have to take half a day off tomorrow," said Miwako Sato.

"Oh? Why?" Bai Quanyi asked.

"Tomorrow..." A hint of desolation flashed across Sato Miwako's eyes. This tough, overbearing beauty from the Metropolitan Police Department quietly revealed her vulnerable side: "Tomorrow is the 18th anniversary of my father's death."

Shiraizumi Mashi keenly caught the fleeting feeling of unwillingness in Sato Miwako's eyes.

"The 18th anniversary of his death... Sato, was your father... murdered?"

"Yes..." Sato Miwako did not hide anything from Shiraizumi Masu. She was now open with him from the bottom of her heart.

"My father was killed by a truck on the road while catching a bank robber. Due to a lack of clues, the police still haven't found the true identity of the bank robber. The murderer has been at large for 18 years."

"Actually, I've never given up..." She paused, her tone growing deeper. "To find my father's murderer, I'm willing to do anything!"

"Hmm?" Officer Takagi, who was sitting in the back seat and listening attentively, suddenly became excited.

Gao Mu thought to himself: "Are you willing to do everything? Can you be the mother of my future child? That's great, I can finally walk down the aisle to marry Sato Miwako."

Takagi was hallucinating.

Miwako Sato wore bright red lipstick and a white wedding dress, and hidden under the dress were her beautiful legs wearing white silk stockings and white high heels.

Miwako Sato stood in front of him, stretched out her hand to him, and then he personally put the ring on the ring finger of Miwako Sato's right hand.

Miwako Sato smiled happily and kissed him with blessings.

And that "his" face is Bai Quanyi's face!

"This kind of thing will never happen again. I must solve the robbery case from eighteen years ago!"

Takagi suddenly shouted.

Baiquanyi turned around and looked at Takagi provocatively: "Takagi, you are full of fighting spirit."

Gao Mu mustered up the courage to say, "Inspector Bai, I won't lose to you!"

Baiquanyi smiled faintly: "Okay. Takagi, I accept your challenge."

Shiraizumi Masu said, "Tell me about your father's case, Miwako."

Sato Miwako slowly began to recount the case:

"Eighteen years ago, a carefully planned armed robbery occurred at the Beika Bank, resulting in a loss of 5.5 million yen.

The murderer never revealed his true face during the entire process and left no evidence to identify him.

The only clue was the short 10-second footage captured by the bank's surveillance camera of the murderer during the robbery.

The person in charge of investigating the case at the time was my father, Officer Masayoshi Sato.

He found out the identity of the murderer through some means and went to hunt down the murderer alone.

The murderer fled desperately on the road, with my father chasing closely behind him.

Then……"

Her voice paused slightly, and sadness crossed her face.

“My father was hit by a truck right on the road.

According to witnesses, he was pushed in front of the truck by the murderer.

Because it was raining heavily and the murderer was wearing a mask and a hat, no one saw his face.

The murderer disappeared without a trace.

My father fell to the ground, calling out a name in a daze.

Sad and thoughtful man——"

"Chou Si Lang?" Officer Takagi, who was listening quietly, looked a little surprised. "So the officer who died in the sensational 'Chou Si Lang' case was Miss Sato's father?

I remember the news reports saying...

The police believed that 'Chou Si Lang' was the murderer's name, but after repeated investigations, they still could not find this person.

"Yes." Sato Miwako sighed deeply: "No one knows who the 'Chou Si Lang' that my father mentioned is. We only know that he kept calling this name at that time.

after that……

When my mother and I rushed to the ambulance to see him for the last time, he simply told us some family matters but did not reveal who the murderer was.

Bai Quanyi said, "Just the clue 'Chou Si Lang' won't lead to finding the murderer..."

"No... there are more clues than just this one."

Miwako Sato provided another clue in time.

“Because the bank robbery caused quite a stir that year, the Metropolitan Police Department also took my father’s sacrifice very seriously.

So for the past 18 years, the police have been committed to investigating the "Chou Silang" case.

But they found nothing.

The problem is that nothing was found.”

Miwako Sato said earnestly, "After investigation, the batch of 5.5 million yen in cash stolen from the bank by the robbers has never shown any signs of circulating in the market."

Banknotes are all numbered.

By tracking the serial numbers on these banknotes, the police can find out whether the stolen cash was used by the murderer and where it may have been used.

637 However, there is no trace of the 5.5 million in cash that the robbers stole ever circulating in the market.

Bai Quanyi said, "If the murderer never spent the money, then as long as we can confirm the murderer's identity, we might be able to find the huge amount of stolen money in his home. This would be enough evidence to prove his identity."

"I thought so too. But..." Sato Miwako no longer had any hope as she thought that the statute of limitations was about to expire.

"But what?" Bai Quanyi asked.

"This case has not been solved yet, and I have lost hope. Even though I am blind, the most important thing is to solve the arson case!" Sato Miwako forced a faint smile.

Miwako Sato stepped on the brakes and slowly parked the car on the side of the road. The police car had already arrived at the crime scene.

The residential area on the roadside had been reduced to a mess by the fire, and the air was still filled with black smoke that had not yet dissipated.

Fire trucks and police cars blocked the area, and the police also set up a long cordon at the entrance of a small alley on the street.

Looking far away at the ground behind the blockade line, you can vaguely see a body lying in a pool of blood.

"We're on the scene."

Sato Miwako parked the car skillfully and stepped out first.

153. The Mysterious Arsonist

Shiraizumi Masu, Sato, and Takagi entered the alley.

This alley was both a murder scene and a fire scene.

On both sides of the alley are small, single-family buildings without yards, and the distance between the buildings is relatively close.

The fire started in a small building on the side of the alley. Fortunately, the firefighters arrived quickly and put out the fire in time, preventing the fire from spreading to the entire nearby residential area.

The victim's body was lying in the middle of the alley and was not affected by the fire.

But the place where he fell was right in front of the burning building, only a few meters away from the fire.

This makes it easy to wonder whether his death is related to the arsonist.

"So, it's confirmed that this was arson, right?"

Miwako Sato asked the police present with some concern.

They were all police officers from the nearby police station. They rushed to the scene as soon as the fire broke out.

"That's right, Officer Sato."

The local police officer gave an affirmative answer:

"We found an empty gasoline barrel left by the murderer next to the fire scene. This is obviously arson."

"And the method used is identical to that of the serial arsonist who's been causing unrest in Tokyo recently. So, we suspect this was most likely the work of that guy, and it's his fourth crime."

"Yeah." Sato Miwako nodded and turned her gaze to the corpse on the ground.

"And what about the deceased?"

"How did he die? Were there any witnesses to the circumstances?"

"Well..." A local police officer stepped forward, "When the fire broke out, I was patrolling nearby. I saw black smoke coming out and rushed over immediately."

"When I arrived, I saw what I saw now: a body lying in a pool of blood."

"There were already a few passersby gathered in the alley at that time."

"I asked them about what happened at the time, but they all said they had just arrived after the fire and didn't see what happened at the time."

Hearing this, Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru's expressions became solemn:

"So, there are no witnesses to this case, and no one knows how that gentleman died?"

"You can say that."

The local police officer nodded:

"I couldn't get anything out of the citizens who were there."

"But to be on the safe side, I kept those citizens and didn't let them leave."

As he spoke, he pointed to the few citizens who were being carefully guarded by the police and remained at the scene.

"Officer Sato, if you have any questions, you can ask them again."

"Okay." Sato Miwako nodded.

The police officer rushed to the scene as quickly as possible and promptly restrained all the onlookers, preventing them from leaving at will. This will be very helpful in the subsequent investigation.

Sato Miwako continued, "Has the deceased's identity been confirmed?"

The police officer replied, "Confirmed. The deceased is Shun Iida, 28 years old, a former detective at the Beika Police Station, now working for a private security company."

"Single, living alone, usually he should still be working at the company at this time."

"Because he had a date tonight, he left work early and went home. And then... he was found collapsed here."